Ditching-shovel



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.PETER F. OHAMBARD, OE FAYETTE, OHIO.

DiTcHINe-SHOVEL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters PatentNno. 270,016, dated January 2, 18E3.

Application filed August 31, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom 'it mag/'concern Be it known thatlI, PETER F.. GHAMBARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fayette, in the county of Fulton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Ditching-Shovel, of which the following is a specication, reference bein ghad to the accompanying drawings. i

Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a crosssection taken through the blade ofthe shovel.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like letters of reference.

This invention relates to an improved shovel for smoothing or finishing tile-ditches previousV to laying the drain-tiles; and itv consists in the construction and arrangement of parts constituting the same, which will be' hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

ln the drawings hereto annexed, A. represents the handle ol' my improved ditchingshovel, which is provided at its lower end with Va bail consisting oftwo arms or brackets, B B, having curved clamping-plates C O at their upper ends, which fit closely against the sides ofthe handle, to which they are firmly secured lby transverse bolts D and nuts E, or in any suitable manner.

F is the blade, which consists of a scoop formed by bendingaiat plate, of suitable shape and dimensions, until it assumes a semi-elliptical shape in cross-section, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, both ends of the blade being suitably curved and sharpened', as shown. The sides of the blade are pivoted near the frontend to the arms B, by which it is thus connected to the handle.

G Gr are a pair of suitably-curved braces, which are pivoted to the sides of the blade near the rear end of the latter, the pivotingpoints of said braces and of the arms B being equidistant from the center of the blade. .ihe upper ends of the braces G are iattened and provided each with a series of' perforations, H,

by which they are adjustable upon the lower bolt D. The braces G, it will thus be seen, serve to secure the blade, which `swings between the arms B B, rigidly at any desired angle or inclination in relation to the handle A.

l vThe operation of my invention and its advantages will be readily understood from the h foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings heretoannexed. After a tileditch has been roughly dug, either by hand or by a ditchingmachine,it is always necessary, or at least desirable, to smooth and finish it in onder that the drain-tiles may be placed nicely and evenly therein with little trouble.

By my improved ditching-shovel this may he is the semi-elliptical shape of the blade, by

which the ditch is fitted equally Well to draintiles of various sizes, smaller cries fitting in the bottom, While larger ones may be fitted snugly between the sides of the ditch.

1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The combination of the handle A, having arms B, the braces G, having perforations H, and connected -to said handle adjustably by bolt D, and the trough-shaped scoop or shovelblade F, pivotedto said aims B and braces G equidistantly from its center.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses. V

` PETER F. OHAMBARD. Witnesses:

N. L. COLLAMER, GaAs. K.- ALLEN. 

